Orientation Guide

Principles

Contribute to the Experience of Others

Our goal is to enable visitors to have transformative experiences while they connect with community members. Please prioritize contribution to the community.

Good Clean Healthy Fun

Alpacas eat and play healthily. You can too. Keep a focus on your physical, mental and spiritual health along with those around you.

Enjoy The Alpacas

• They are Special, Strange and Adorable. It took 8,000 years for humans to breed them into what they are now.
• Be Slow, Calm and Gentle around the creatures.
• Make sure to always keep all gates closed with carabiners. Alpacas will open latches if not secured.
• Do not let any pets in the back yard with the Alpaca.

Logistics

📶 WiFi

• Network: Eight Little Eyes
• Password: iiiiiiii (that's 8 little i's)
• If you need to print or control music, you will need to be on the Black Rock City WiFi. Ask around for password or look in dining room.

🧖 Spa Operations

• The Sauna has instructions hanging (the timer is weird).
• Close swim spa when done, but don't close the Swim Spa unless you press the red latch on the hinge of the cover or you will break it, and it's expensive to fix.
• The cold plunge is just open and jump in, close when done.

🧹 Cleaning Up

• COMPLETELY CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF - Don't leave a mess and actively help Organize Things.
• Put things back, clean things up. Encourage others to do so also.
• Do your dishes immediately. Put in dishwasher.
• Organize things so others can see & benefit and know what to do.
• Take out the trash if it's full. Just do it!

🚪 Gates

Do not Leave the Back or Side Gate Open. Alpacas will escape and are very hard to retrieve. Make sure it is locked closed at all times.

🚭 Smoking

Only Smoke in Designated Areas and do not VAPE inside.

🙏 Contribution

The Alpaca Playhouse experiences are enabled by the contributions of its visitors and participants. If you have any special talents, skills or knowledge that could enhance the alpaca experience for others, please be generous. Please try to clean up 110% after yourself and do not create extra work for anyone.

If you don't know what to do: Take out the trash if the trash cans are full, and put in the container outside by the garage (and reclip the carabiner so the alpaca don't escape). Trash bags under the sink.

📧 Feedback

Please offer feedback on anything you think about by emailing alpacaplayhouse@gmail.com

🚽 Bathrooms/Septic

Please don't put anything other than toilet paper and poop in the toilet. The septic system is anaerobic and cannot handle anything including "flushable wipes" which should not be put in the toilet. Put them in the trash cans.

🚗 Parking

• Please DO NOT PARK other than on the street or in the parking lot without discussing.
• Don't block the circle even for 10 minutes, as delivery trucks need to get through.
• Don't drive or park on the grass anywhere or you might get stuck and could run over the sprinklers.

👗 Dress

Consider Mosquitoes in your dress and costumery plans. They can be really bad at times.

🥗 Food / Alcohol

• Please do not bring any meat into the house. If you need you can put it in the doghouse refrigerator and cook outside.
• Except for designated special occasions, no alcohol.
• Do not bring junk food into the house or leave it laying around. Especially sugary stuff.
• Do not bring plastic into the house.
• Do not bring water in plastic bottles - rather bring a nice water bottle and use one of the filtered water systems.

🔌 Phone Charging

• There are several places to charge phones inside and outside with most needed cords.
• Please don't plug phones into random places to charge, especially in the kitchen.
• Don't unplug ANY electronics, or touch the black stereo receivers. Don't press buttons. Never increase the volume on the black receivers.

🎵 Music System

• Use the "Black Rock City" wifi network to control the music. Password "popopopo".
• You can play from Spotify directly if on this network. Or get the Sonos S1 app (grey one, not the S2 app).
• To stop music say "Alexa stop music" or "Alexa, turn down music volume".
• There are white square boxes in the living room, dining room and garage that control volume.
• If you are acting as house DJ, make sure you are only using Sonos in the Rooms that you desire. If it says "your room + 1" or "your room + 2" that might be a problem.
• Don't use other speakers in areas that have house sound - this ends up in clashing music.